Special Events

Santa Fe Speedway’s long-distance fall championship lineage, with the complete 1953–1995 winner chronology and MRN finishing orders recovered wherever published.

Superior’s post-Labor Day dirt-track tradition, rooted in the 1970 Laursen family benefit, followed by the numbered Russ Laursen Classic beginning in 1971 and the NRC/Superior Classic eras before the Northern Nationals name appeared in 1989.

One annual archive linking the Silver 1000 Late Model and Modified divisions together by year at Proctor Speedway.

Hales Corners Speedway’s fall open-competition tradition, famous for outside invaders, liberal rules, wedges, wings, and creative machinery after the point season.

ABC Raceway’s fall crown jewel preserved from its 1976 beginning through the 50th running in 2025, with the 51st edition scheduled for October 2–3, 2026.

Northern Minnesota’s Labor Day dirt-track tradition, evolving from the Labor Day Invitational into the modern two-night WISSOTA Shootout at Hibbing.

Southern Minnesota’s long-running charitable Dirt Late Model classic, founded in 1980 and preserved across its Chateau, Owatonna, and Deer Creek eras.

Red Cedar Speedway’s multi-division fall classic preserved as one event family, with headline winner history and full modern championship fields linked by year.

Wilmot’s original open-competition winged sprint showdown, preserving the Hall of Champions lineage, the 1983 three-race series, major national fields, and the later 2003 revival.

Angell Park Speedway’s Labor Day midget classic, tracing the official Pepsi Nationals / Firemen’s Nationals lineage from 1982 plus the 1973 and 1975 Pepsi 50 precursors documented in Midwest Racing News.

The annual Dirt Late Model crown jewel preserved as one continuous event chronology with available finishing orders by edition.

Rice Lake Speedway’s fan-funded WISSOTA Street Stock crown jewel, growing from a $780 inaugural payday in 1995 to a record $30,400 winner’s share in 2026.

The USMTS Fall Jamboree crown jewel, founded at Hamilton County Speedway in 1999 and held at Deer Creek Speedway since 2002, with every completed championship winner preserved through 2026.

North Central Speedway’s Labor Day multi-division tradition, preserving the Mighty Axe from its early sprint-car years through the modern WISSOTA/IMCA two-night festival.